How it works

From SQLZoo

Content management - Mediawiki

Mediawiki is the software that runs Wikipedia. It does the same kind of thing as Wordpress and Laravel. It allows me to use a fancy tool to create and edit web pages. It can be extended so that we can add the interactive features that are unique to SQLzoo.

On the positive side:

  • It works at scale - we know this because Wikipedia
  • It is customisable
  • It has a large support community
  • It is free

On the negative side:

  • It uses php
  • It is expensive (in terms of CPU usage)

Measuring traffic and performance